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Guangzhou Metro
Rapid transit system in Guangzhou, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Guangzhou Metro (simplified Chinese: 广州地铁; traditional Chinese: 廣州地鐵; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Dìtiě; Jyutping: Gwong²zau¹ Dei⁶tit³) is the metro system of Guangzhou, Guangdong in China. It is operated by the Guangzhou Metro Corporation. It was the fourth metro system that was built in mainland China. The Guangzhou Metro was planned many times. The planning of the metro began in the 1980s and in 1993 the construction of the first line began. In 1997 the metro opened. The first line was Line 1.[9]
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Owner | City of Guangzhou | |||||||||
Locale | Guangzhou Foshan | |||||||||
Transit type | Rapid transit | |||||||||
Number of lines | 13 | |||||||||
Number of stations | 232 | |||||||||
Daily ridership | 7.678 million (2017 Avg.)[1] 10.0257 million (31 December 2017 Peak)[2] | |||||||||
Website | www.gzmtr.com | |||||||||
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Began operation | 28 June 1997 | |||||||||
Operator(s) | Guangzhou Metro Corporation | |||||||||
Number of vehicles | 444 trains (as of 2017[update])[3] | |||||||||
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System length | 391.8 km (243.5 mi)[4] | |||||||||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge | |||||||||
Minimum radius of curvature | 206 m (676 ft)[5] | |||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 广州地铁 | ||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 廣州地鐵 | ||||||||||||
Jyutping | Gwong²zau¹ Dei⁶tit³ | ||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Gwóngjàu Dèihtít | ||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Guǎngzhōu Dìtiě | ||||||||||||
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The metro system has 13 lines. They are Line 1, Line 2, Line 3, Line 4, Line 5, Line 6, Line 7, Line 8, Line 9, Line 13, Line 14, Guangfo Line, and the Zhujiang New Town APM. All of these lines connect the urban core and the suburbs. The Guangfo Line connects Guangzhou and Foshan. Over seven million people ride the metro everyday and it was used 2.56 billion times.[10][11][12] This makes the metro the fourth busiest metro in the world.